粵

恰hap1巧haau2

hap1 haau2qià qiǎo

English

  1. by chance; as chance would have it
  2. by chance

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 形容事情發生完全係隨機

Examples

  • 她恰巧知道他的地址。

    She fortunately knows his address.

    Tatoeba · sadhen CC BY

  • 恰巧我们有同样的生日。

    It happens that we have the same birthday.

    Tatoeba · JimmyUK CC BY

  • 我们恰巧上了同一辆公交车。

    We happened to get on the same bus.

    Tatoeba · sadhen CC BY

  • 我喺樓下咁啱撞到陳太。

    我恰巧在樓下遇到了陳太。 (ngo5 hap1 haau2 zoi6 lau4 haa6 jyu6 dou3 liu5 can4 taai2.)

    I met Mrs.Chan in the neighborhood by chance.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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